Chile 1909 10 centavos

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 40804

This specimen was lot 40804 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $100. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CHILE. 10 Centavos, 1909-So. Santiago Mint. NGC MS-65." This type was struck 1908-09, 1913 and 1919-20. The minor coinage was subject to frequent manipulations of alloy.

Recorded mintage: 2,964,000 including the 1909/8 overdate.

Specification: 1.50 g, 0.400 fine silver, 17 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-156.2a.

Sources:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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